Commercializing Blockchain : Strategic Applications in the Real World.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Author -- The Retailer -- Crypto Investment -- Blockchain Leadership -- About the Contributors -- Foreword by Damien Moore -- Foreword by Paolo Tasca -- Preface -- Introduction -- Commercializing Blockchain -- Antony Stores Group (ASG) Retail Business Illustration -- Real-World Enterprise Level Use Cases - Financial Services, Retail, Supply Chain, and CPG -- Who Will Benefit from Reading Commercializing Blockchain? -- Antony Stores Group (ASG) Illustration -- ASG Background -- History of ASG -- ASG Challenges and Pain Points -- Chapter 1 Introduction to Blockchain Technology -- Blockchain Technology Definition -- What Are the Reasons Why We Have Blockchain Technology? -- The Internet and Blockchain -- The 'Trustless' World -- Blockchain: The Internet of Value -- Blockchain has Five Important Characteristics -- 1. Blockchain for Truth and Trust -- 2. Blockchain for Transparency -- 3. Blockchain for Security -- 4. Blockchain for Quality and Certainty -- 5. Blockchain for Efficiency -- Blockchain Regulation and Global Trade -- Other Important Blockchain Benefits -- Blockchain Theory for Good -- Blockchain and Diversity -- Blockchain for All Types of Organization -- Blockchain for New Business Models -- Example: The DAO - Decentralized Autonomous Organization -- New Blockchain Companies -- Blockchain Is Not a Verb! -- Chapter 2 Types of Blockchain -- Differences to a Database -- Consensus and Blockchain -- ASG Consensus Example -- Current Blockchain and DLT Ecosystems -- Current Blockchain and DLT Ecosystem Summary -- Chapter 3 Enterprise Blockchain -- Enterprise Blockchain and Trust -- Characteristics of Enterprise Blockchain -- Why Use Enterprise Blockchain? -- Where to Use Enterprise Blockchain Technology -- The Next 20-Year Transformation.

Total Business Transformation Led by Blockchain Technology -- Improved Working Together -- Basics of an Enterprise Blockchain -- Blockchain and ERP: The Future of the 'Back Office' - ERP 2.0 -- Can Blockchain Technology Supercharge ERP? -- What Can Blockchain Add to ERP? -- Blockchain and Planning -- Blockchain and Analysis -- How Blockchain Technology Can Transform Forecasting and Planning -- Use Case: Blockchain and Intercompany -- ASG Intercompany on Blockchain Example -- Enterprise Blockchain Summary -- Chapter 4 What Does Blockchain Solve? -- Trust -- Transparency and Openness -- Immutability -- Transactions Automation - Smart Contracts -- 'Why Blockchain Will Be Transformative': Looking at the History of Contracts through to Present Day Usage -- New Business Models and Opportunities -- MonoChain: A Blockchain Start‐Up Building the Circular Economy -- Chapter 5 Blockchain Powering the New Marketplace Model -- A Fundamental Foundation: Marketplaces Built Using Blockchain Technology -- Marketplace for Anything -- Decentralized Utopia - Reality or Dream? -- Example of a Product Marketplace: Replace Amazon, eBay, or Alibaba -- Example of a Service Marketplace: Replace Uber or Airbnb -- Real Use Case: Blockchain Product Marketplace - OpenBazaar -- Real Use Case: Blockchain Marketplace to Replace Uber - EVA -- Summary -- Chapter 6 Where Can Blockchain Technology Be Applied? -- Industries -- The Retail and Supply Chain Industry -- Cryptocurrencies -- Identity Management -- Loyalty -- Gift Cards -- ASG Gift Card Blockchain Example -- Warranty Management and Refunds Management -- Improved Sourcing -- Inventory Management and Returns Management -- ASG Inventory on Blockchain Example -- ASG Returns Blockchain Example -- Supply Chain Industry (Including Brands, Consumer Products, and Manufacturers) -- Supply Chain Transparency -- Global Shipping and Freight.

Certification and Authentication -- Traceability -- Provenance -- Counterfeit Products -- The Finance and Financial Services Industry -- Chapter 7 Blockchain Adoption -- How Will Blockchain Be Adopted? -- Blockchain Adoption: The User Interface -- Smartphone as ID -- QR Code World -- Real Use Case: HTC Launches a Blockchain Smartphone in December 2018 -- Blockchain Adoption: The Understanding of Blockchain Technology -- Blockchain Adoption: The Killer App for Blockchain -- Blockchain Adoption: Daily Life Use Cases -- Blockchain Adoption: Winning Business Models -- Chapter 8 First Use Cases -- History of Bitcoin -- Cryptocurrency and Crypto Assets -- How Are Crypto Assets Classed? -- ICO - Initial Coin Offering -- ICOs Often Raise Money via Crypto -- Why Use an ICO? -- STO - Security Token Offering -- What to Look for in an ICO/STO -- Tokenization -- Tokens for Liquidity -- Tokens for Globalization -- Tokens for Global Commerce -- Tokens for New Assets -- Tokens Take Us Beyond Money -- Benefits of Tokenization -- Chapter 9 What Makes It Work? Blockchain Best Practice -- Consensus -- Governance -- Agile and Iterative Approach -- Solution Driven -- Collaborate -- Teams Need to Be Fully Bought In -- Open‐Minded to Everything -- Learning Mentality -- Blockchain Best Practice Summary -- Chapter 10 How to Commercialize Blockchain/Reach Its Potential -- Blockchain Is a Network Play -- Real Use Case: Retail Blockchain Consortium -- Mission and Vision -- How You Benefit by Joining RBC Executive Forum? -- Real Use Case: UK Government APPG Blockchain -- Blockchain Business Case -- Benefits of Implementing Blockchain Technology -- Efficiency Gains of Blockchain Technology -- Revenue Growth with Blockchain Technology -- New Business Growth Powered by Blockchain Technology -- Blockchain Technology Benefits Realization -- People and Process Transformation.

Principles of Transformation -- Example Blockchain Implementation Plans in Retail -- ASG Provenance Tracking Example -- How to Commercialize Blockchain Summary -- Chapter 11 Risks of Implementing Blockchain Technology -- Change - Inertia of People -- User's Adoption -- Scale and Complexity -- Standardization -- Government -- The Control Structures Around the World aka "The 1%" -- Regulations -- Millennials and Younger Generations -- Ignorance -- Quantum and New Technology -- Chapter 12 Blockchain Is Better When Used with Existing and Other Emerging Technologies -- IoT, AI/ML, RPA, Blockchain, AR, VR - Emerging Technologies -- How Blockchain, AI, and IoT Work in Harmony - 'ABot' -- Use Case: Emerging Technologies Working Together in Retail -- Use Case: Waltonchain for Provenance -- Use Case: Convergence of Blockchain, IoT, and AI for Successful Provenance Solutions -- Chapter 13 Future of Blockchain -- What Will Blockchain Technology Look Like in 2025? -- New Business Models Examples: -- The Circular Economy Powered by Blockchain -- Use Case: Auto Industry and Blockchain Technology -- The Future of Blockchain - Contributors' Views -- Future of Blockchain - Paolo Tasca -- Future of Blockchain - Chris Wing -- Future of Blockchain - Nikhil Vadgama -- Future of Blockchain - Marta Piekarska -- Future of Blockchain - Peter Bambridge -- Future of Blockchain - Areiel Wolanow -- Future of Blockchain - Carlos Vivas Augier -- Future of Blockchain - Vikram Kimyani -- Future of Blockchain Summary -- Chapter 14 Use Cases in Real World - 2019 Highlights -- Financial Transactions -- Financial Transactions Benefits and Outcomes -- Financial Transactions Examples -- Cryptocurrencies -- Tokenization -- Tokenization Benefits and Outcomes -- Tokenization Examples -- Identity Management -- Identity Management Benefits and Outcomes -- Identity Management Examples -- Loyalty.

Loyalty Benefits and Outcomes -- Loyalty Examples -- Gift Cards -- Gift Cards Benefits and Outcomes -- Gift Cards Examples -- Coinbase Introduced e‐Gifts after Gaining an e‐Money Licence from theFCA in the UK -- Warranty Management -- Warranty Management Benefits and Outcomes -- Warranty Management Examples -- Refunds Management -- Refunds Management Benefits and Outcomes -- Refunds Management Examples -- Global Shipping and Freight -- Global Shipping and Freight Benefits and Outcomes -- Global Shipping and Freight Examples -- Improved Sourcing and Procurement -- Improved Sourcing and Procurement Benefits and Outcomes -- Certification and Authentication -- Certification and Authentication Benefits and Outcomes -- Certification and Authentication Examples -- Inventory Management -- Inventory Management Benefits and Outcomes -- Traceability -- Traceability Benefits and Outcomes -- Traceability Examples -- Provenance -- Provenance Benefits and Outcomes -- Provenance Examples -- Counterfeit Products -- Counterfeit Products Benefits and Outcomes -- Counterfeit Products Examples -- Retail Blockchain Consortium -- About the RBC -- Mission and Vision -- How Will You Benefit from Joining? -- Get Involved - Join the Executive forum -- Index -- EULA.

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